Fence-post



"W. MARKLE.

Pence-Post.

No. 224,454. Patented Feb. 10, 1880.

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UNITED STATES,

PATIENT OFFICE.

WALTER MARKLE, OF. DENVER, COLORADO.-

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,454, dated February 10, 1880.

Application filed November 22, 1879. v

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER MARKLE, of

' Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Fence-Posts and I do hereby declare that the following is a fu1l,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a vertical central section of this invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3' is a detail.

This invention has relation-to means for supporting fence-wires and keeping them from sagging; and it consists in the construction-and novel arrangement of the iron strips,.crossed at right angles centrally and bent, down to form four supporting-legs, spreading outward or from each other below, the two opposite legs in the fence-line being perforated for the passage of the lower fence-wires, and the strips being connected at their crossing by a rivet having in its head a dovetail notch, in which the top fence-wire is fastened, all as hereinafter shown anddescribedi In the accompanying drawings, the letters ac designate the metallic strips, made usually of flat iron, having a width of one and a quarter inch by a thickness of three-sixteenths -of an inch. These strips are crossed centrally and at right angles to each other, as indicated at b, and bent downward andsom'ewhat outward'to form four spreading or bracing legs, 0 c, as shown in the drawings. At their crossing the strips are connected by a rivet,d, or screw-bolt, this fastening having an enlarged head, 6, which is notched in dovetail form, as

shown at g, to receive the top fence-wire, which isfastened therein by wedging.

, One of the strips, a, forming the legs 0, which are arranged in the line of the fence, is perforated through each leg to receive the lower fencewires, the perforations 9 being made a little higher in one leg than in the other, or the legs being set a little oblique to the plane of the wires, so that the wires will bear on opposite sides of the opposite perforations. In this position the wires can besecured by putting short pieces of 'Wire through V the holes of one of the legs and twisting said pieces around the fence-wires.

I It willbe observed that this post is braced Iand tied at the angles of a square, and forms an anchor-post to hold the fence-wires to their places and prevent the feneefrom being thrown down.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The anchor-post described, consisting of the strips a a,'crossing each other at right angles centrally, and bent downward andoutward to form four supporting and bracing legs, 0 c, the two opposite legs 0 in the fence-line being perforated at g for the passage of the lower fence-wires, and the strips being connected at their crossing by a rivet having an enlarged head, 6, notched in dovetail form, to receive and hold the top wire wedged therein, substantially as specified,

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

WALTER MARKLE.

Witnesses JOHN W. KooNs, CHARLES GRIMM, 

